Necrovision banned
As State and Territory Attorney’s-General meet in Canberra for SCAG, GameSpot has confirmed that the upcoming PC game Necrovision has been refused classification for excessive violence. This is the first game of 2009 that the Australian Classification Board has banned. GameSpot writes: The Board specifically called out excessive blood spray and the ability to continue...
Coke Zero ad gives Australian Family Association a sore tooth
Coca-Cola has voluntarily taken an ad for Coke Zero off the air which features a fantasy relationship breakup (for many no doubt) starring pole dancers and scantily-clad women. Aussie media blog Mumbrella writes that the Australian Family Association has labeled the ad sexist and that the Advertising Standards Bureau (ASB) has received 45 complaints about...
You won’t see this Lady GaGa music clip on Video Hits
Let’s have some fun, this beat is sick I wanna take a ride on your disco stick Don’t think too much just bust that kick I wanna take a ride on your disco stick Lyrics like these and sexually-charged visuals is why channel Ten’s in-house censors have rated Lady GaGa’s music video for her song...
Five things I learned from the Insight episode on filtering
1) Conroy isn’t backpedaling, he’s reengineering rhetoric: He now claims his plan is to block only material which would be classified as Refused Classification (RC). Well ‘almost exclusively’ Refused Classification — In typical Conroy fashion he has left himself a backdoor with enough room to park a Hummer-sized load of as much ‘unwanted’ content as...
Conroy sacked…
Well at least according to Whirlpool. Or if you believe ZDNet he’s still the minister but has scrapped the filter. Visit Overclockers though and you’ll see it’s already in action. Heck, I’m just glad we’re finally getting net licenses.
Conroy wrong again: Says ACMA blacklist hasn’t been updated, RC illegal
What might be the most bizarre thing to escape Senator Conroy’s mouth during his appearance on Q&A (more so than his technical explanation of how a website hacking took place) was his assurance that under his ministry the ACMA blacklist had not been added to. Possibly realising his mistake, or poor choice of words, he...
PG rated Henson website included on blacklist a ‘technical error’ – Conroy
A website containing artistic photographs taken by Bill Henson and classified PG (Parental Guidance Recommended) by the Australian Classification Board (ACB) was included on the ACMA blacklist by mistake says Senator Stephen Conroy. During his appearance on Q&A Senator Conroy described the mistake as a “technical error” and hinted that if mandatory filtering is introduced,...
Australian Classification Board website hacked
The website of the Australian Classification Board was hacked this evening. The identity of the individual or group responsible is unknown. At 8:19PM AEST the front page reads: Welcome to the Classification Website This site contains information about the boards that have the right to CONTROL YOUR FREEDOMZ. The Classification Board has the right to...
Podcast of NewMatilda’s Internet regulation forum online
The always-awesome Peter Black has uploaded an audio recording of the NewMatilda Tangled Web forum held in Brisbane this week. Peter chaired the event at which Senator Ludlam, Nic Suzor and Irene Graham spoke about net censorship in Australia. If you missed my live coverage of the event, you can read it here.
University of Sydney filtering seminar – April 3rd
Hey guys. This popped up on the radar today: Associate Professor Bjorn Landfeldt will speak at a free University of Sydney seminar on the Government’s Internet filtering scheme next Friday, 3rd of April. The lowdown: The Australian government is currently planning to introduce mandatory Internet content filtering. The move would clearly set Australia aside from...
Q&A flooded with angry emails for Conroy
Tony Jones, host of the ABC’s Q&A, told ABC radio listeners in Melbourne this morning that by Monday his show had received 1000 angry emails for Senator Stephen Conroy, one of his guests this evening. The topic of those emails? Mandatory ISP filtering of course. With such a huge response I’m almost certain Conroy will...
WikiLeaks.de owner raided over ‘censorship lists’
According to a post on the WikiLeaks twitter page, police have raided the home of the WikiLeaks.de domain owner over ‘censorship lists’. Details are limited and as such I do not know the origin of the lists which are alleged to be the reason for the raid. Update: WikiLeaks has uploaded a scan of the...
